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load down

load down verb: to load heavily, with a significant burden.

Verb

load down (third-person singular simple present loads down, present participle loading down, simple past and past participle loaded down)

  1. (transitive) To load heavily, with a significant burden.
    • The big and little inmates of the Edgewater Orphanage will receive a visit from St. Claus tonight, when members of the Townsmen Society of Norfolk, loaded down with toys and useful presents, will visit the institution to put on their annual Christmas party.1936 December 22, “Orphans Given Party Tonight: Members of Townsmen Society to Be Accompanied by Santa, with Pack”, in Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, volume CXLIII, number 83, Norfolk, Va., →OCLC, page 9...

Forms of load down

third-person singular presentloads down
present participleloading down
past participleloaded down
pastloaded down

Questions about load down

What does load down mean?
Load down means to load heavily, with a significant burden.
What part of speech is load down?
Load down is a verb.
What is the past tense of load down?
The past tense of load down is loaded down.

Words near load down in the dictionary

  1. load casts
  2. load cell
  3. load cells
  4. load coil
  5. load coils
  6. load down
  7. load factor
  8. load factors
  9. load fund
  10. load funds
  11. load line

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